Earlier in the season, when this team was looking like a "leave it late" type of team that was going to be involved in a ton of tight games, I was thinking about Hauschka's future. He's been solid with us during his time with the team but it's a position the front office could potentially look to upgrade.
Fast forward to now and those concerns seem a thing of the past. Hauschka's become a bit of an afterthought during all of the offensive, defensive, and teams dominance. I felt more confident in him last season, I think largely in part because he seemed to have a much stronger leg in 2011.
Things MIGHT (key word here) not always be 58-0 blowouts though. There's gonna come a day where we need Steven to bang one through for the win. Hopefully it has a better ending then the Atlanta game last year. Just imagine for a second, that this team had a young kicker like Zuerlein, Walsh, or Forbath in their back pocket. Obviously, none of those guys will ever see the time of day on the market. However, we've seen PC/JS nail draft picks at nearly every other position. I'd love to pick their brain to see what they both think on what makes a great kicker and how important they feel the kicker is to the team. I guess we'll see if they land the "Kicker of the Future" in the near future.
Can you imagine some of the "kicker of the future" talk we'd see on .Net? You thought all the QB and uniforms threads were bad?!
